Improvement in wagon-standards



B. F. BEAN.

Wagon-Standard.

Patented Jly `l, 1862 'weniar' y UNrTED STATES PATENT B. F. BEAN, OFSCHUYLKILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-STANDARDS.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 35,743, dated July l,1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, B. F. BEAN, of Schuylkill, in the county ofChesterand State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful'lmpiovement inWagon-Standards; and I do hereb'y declare the following to be a full andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l. is aside elevation ofthe improved standard. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe same at m a", showing it in two positions.

Similar letters of reference indicate corrc spending parts in bothviews.

My said invention is particularly, (though not exelusively,) designedfor wagons for haul-l ing` lumber; and it consists in a certain improvedconstruction of standard which may be secured at its full height tosupport the vload while the wagon is in motion, or readily lowered tofacilitate the operation of loading or unloading, as will be hereinaftermore fully explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains tomake and use the saine, I will proceed to describe its construe? tionand operation.

A is a cast-iron socket, constituting the lower part of the standard andformed to lit and be held in the bolster of the-Wagon in customarymanner.

B is an upper part constructed principally of wood and adapted to slidewithin the said socket. The slide B. is incased at its lower end by aniron ferrule, C, the external diani- 4 eter ol' which is slightly lessthan the internal diameter ofthe upper end of the socket A.

D is an elastic bar bolted at its lower end to the outside ofthe socketA, and carrying at its upper end a pin, E, which passes throughperforations a a near the iop of the socket A and a hole, b, in theferrule C when the slide B is elevated. Ly this means the said slide isl held securely and rigidly at its full height. This position isrepresented in Fig. l, and by redv lines in Fig. 2. Forloading orunloading the-slide is allowed to fall within the socket, as shown inFig. 2. This is accomplished by withdrawing the pin E, and after theslide has descended'the said pin passes through an aperture, b, therein,so as to be out of the way and to hold the parts together when thestandard is not upon the wagon.

F is an iron fulcrum-pin projecting from the top of the standard tornill7 lumber on in customary manner.

G represents the wagonbolstcr.

In practice the socket A and slide B may each be made about a foot long;but I do not restrict myself to any specilic dimensions, form, ormaterials. rIhe socket may be of cast, malleable, or wrought iron, andthe slide of either iron or wood.

By means of this invention a standard is afforded of suflicient heightand strength for use and admitting of being readily lowered to a levelwith the wagon-wheel, so as to present no obstruction in loading andunloading.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by y B. F. BEAN.

Vitnesses:

WM. H. GRIsToeK, J os. B. SMITH.

